afterworld | (noun) the place where you are after you die | - |
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airworthiness | (noun) fitness to fly | - |
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airworthy | (adjective) (of aircraft) fit to fly | - |
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angleworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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armyworm | (noun) moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes | Synonyms: Pseudaletia unipuncta |
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(noun) noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain | Synonyms: army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta |
(noun) larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted | - |
arrowworm | (noun) any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth | Synonyms: chaetognath |
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artwork | (noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, graphics, nontextual matter |
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awlwort | (noun) small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal | Synonyms: Subularia aquatica |
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backsword | (noun) a sword with only one cutting edge | - |
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(noun) a stick used instead of a sword for fencing | Synonyms: fencing stick, singlestick |
barrenwort | (noun) slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover | Synonyms: bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum |
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beadwork | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beading |
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(noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beading |
bellwort | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: merry bells, wild oats |
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birthwort | (noun) creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America | Synonyms: Aristolochia clematitis |
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bladderwort | (noun) any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals | - |
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blameworthiness | (noun) a state of guilt | Synonyms: culpability, culpableness |
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blameworthy | (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable |
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blindworm | (noun) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind | Synonyms: Anguis fragilis, slowworm |
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(noun) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions | Synonyms: caecilian |
bloodworm | (noun) a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait | - |
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bloodwort | (noun) any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter | - |
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bodywork | (noun) the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies | - |
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(noun) the exterior body of a motor vehicle | - |
bollworm | (noun) any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls | - |
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bookworm | (noun) someone who spends a great deal of time reading | - |
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(noun) a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | Synonyms: pedant, scholastic |
brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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breastwork | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: parapet |
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brickwork | (noun) masonry done with bricks and mortar | - |
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bridgework | (noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth | Synonyms: bridge |
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broadsword | (noun) a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab | - |
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brushwork | (noun) an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush | - |
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busywork | (noun) active work of little value | Synonyms: make-work |
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butterwort | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects | - |
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buzzword | (noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | Synonyms: cant |
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byword | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, proverb, saw |
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cabbageworm | (noun) toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly | Synonyms: Pieris rapae |
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cabinetwork | (noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) | Synonyms: cabinetry |
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(noun) woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker | - |
caddisworm | (noun) larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris | Synonyms: strawworm |
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cankerworm | (noun) green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees | - |
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careworn | (adjective) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | Synonyms: drawn, haggard, raddled, worn |
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casework | (noun) close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
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caseworker | (noun) someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) | Synonyms: social worker, welfare worker |
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caseworm | (noun) insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body | - |
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catchword | (noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual | Synonyms: motto, shibboleth, slogan |
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(noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: guide word, guideword |
classwork | (noun) the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom | - |
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clockwork | (noun) any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock | - |
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coldwork | (verb) shape (metal) without heat | Synonyms: cold work |
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colewort | (noun) a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head | Synonyms: borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, cole, kail, kale |
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coralwort | (noun) European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock | Synonyms: Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, Dentaria bulbifera |
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coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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creditworthy | (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: responsible |
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crewelwork | (noun) embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn | - |
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crossword | (noun) a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle | Synonyms: crossword puzzle |
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crownwork | (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, jacket, jacket crown |
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(noun) a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress. | - |
cutwork | (noun) embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away | - |
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cutworm | (noun) North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground | - |
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czworniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using three units of water for each unit of honey. | - |
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danewort | (noun) dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor | Synonyms: dwarf elder, Sambucus ebulus |
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dockworker | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
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donkeywork | (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: drudgery, grind, plodding |
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drawnwork | (noun) ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns | - |
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dreamworld | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamland, never-never land |
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earthwork | (noun) an earthen rampart | - |
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earthworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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eelworm | (noun) any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms | - |
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fancywork | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: embroidery |
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fanwort | (noun) common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers | Synonyms: Cabomba caroliniana, water-shield |
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felwort | (noun) gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas | Synonyms: gentianella amarella |
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fieldwork | (noun) a temporary fortification built by troops in the field | - |
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fieldworker | (noun) a researcher who works in the field | - |
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figwort | (noun) any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia | - |
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firework | (noun) (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | Synonyms: pyrotechnic |
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fishworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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flatwork | (noun) ironing that can be done mechanically | Synonyms: flat wash |
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flatworm | (noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | Synonyms: platyhelminth |
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fleawort | (noun) plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative | Synonyms: Plantago psyllium, psyllium, Spanish psyllium |
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footwork | (noun) the manner of using the feet | - |
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(noun) skillful maneuvering or dealing | - |
foreword | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: preface, prolusion |
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framework | (noun) a structure supporting or containing something | Synonyms: frame |
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(noun) the underlying structure | Synonyms: fabric |
(noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | Synonyms: model, theoretical account |
fretwork | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: lattice, latticework |
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frostwort | (noun) perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts | Synonyms: Crocanthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed, Helianthemum canadense |
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fumewort | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumitory |
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(noun) herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers | Synonyms: Corydalis solida, fumeroot |
gasworks | (noun) the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
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gipsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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glasswork | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glassware |
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glassworker | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier |
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glassworks | (noun) a workplace where glass is made | - |
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glasswort | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: Salicornia europaea, samphire |
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(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
glowworm | (noun) the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
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goldworker | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldsmith |
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grillwork | (noun) mesh netting made of wires | Synonyms: wirework |
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(noun) a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate | Synonyms: grill, grille |
groundwork | (noun) preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation | - |
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(noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, substructure, understructure |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament |
guesswork | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guessing, shot |
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guestworker | (noun) a person with temporary permission to work in another country | Synonyms: guest worker |
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guideword | (noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: catchword, guide word |
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gypsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gipsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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hackwork | (noun) professional work done according to formula | - |
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(noun) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) undistinguished literary work produced to order. | - |
halfpennyworth | (noun) the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny | Synonyms: ha'p'orth |
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handiwork | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handicraft, handwork |
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handwork | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handicraft, handiwork |
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hardworking | (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance | Synonyms: industrious, tireless, untiring |
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headword | (noun) a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) | - |
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(noun) a content word that can be qualified by a modifier | Synonyms: head word |